Sajnos ez is egy szempont azzal a dilemmával kapcsolatban, hogy a Twitter és társai helyesen tették-e Trump elhallgattatását. Vannak helyzetek, amikor a demokratikus normák betartása egyszerűen lehetetlen azokkal szemben, akik maguk szarnak rá magasról. Ez egy olyan dolog, hogy nem volt szép dolog anno leatomozni Hiroshimát, de talán a japánoknak sem kellett volna Pearl Harborral indítani…
(Azoknak, akik nem tudnak olvasni jól: Hiroshimát nem helyezte Panama morális kontextusba. Megjegyezte, hogy nem volt előzmények nélküli.
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GOP Rep says colleague voted to overturn Biden win out of fear for family members
A GOP representative has said one of their colleagues voted to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory out of fear.
In an opinion piece for The Detroit News, Michigan Rep Peter Meijer described his harrowing experience taking cover under bulletproof chairs as pro-Trump rioters stormed the US Capitol Building on Wednesday.
“The illusion of security, of the sanctity of our constitutional order, collapsed,” he said. “With guns drawn, police ordered us to evacuate, leading to chaos as we fled down corridors and into the tunnels beneath Capitol Hill. Several times our group of lawmakers found ourselves alone, with no police escort, fearful of what threats might lie around the next corner.”
Hours after the Capitol was cleared and as lawmakers set out to vote on whether or not to certify the 2020 election results, however, the GOP representative suggested that fears continued to linger, so much so that one colleague voted to overturn Mr Biden’s victory out of fears for the safety of themselves and their loved ones.
“After the Capitol was cleared of insurrectionists, with windows shattered and the smell of tear gas lingering, the consequences of his dangerous lies became clear. As we moved to accept Arizona’s electors, a fellow freshman lingered near a voting terminal, voting card in hand,” Mr Meijer wrote.
“My colleague told me that efforts to overturn the election were wrong, and that voting to certify was a constitutional duty. But my colleague feared for family members, and the danger the vote would put them in. Profoundly shaken, my colleague voted to overturn,” he said.”